Stateful Inspection; Stateful Inspection Firewall Installation Procedure - Netopia 2200 series Software User's Manual

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Stateful Inspection

All computer operating systems are vulnerable to attack from outside sources, typically at
the operating system or Internet Protocol (IP) layers. Stateful Inspection firewalls intercept
and analyze incoming data packets to determine whether they should be admitted to your
private LAN, based on multiple criteria, or blocked. Stateful inspection improves security by
tracking data packets over a period of time, examining incoming and outgoing packets. Out-
going packets that request specific types of incoming packets are tracked; only those
incoming packets constituting a proper response are allowed through the firewall.
Stateful inspection is a security feature that prevents unsolicited inbound access when
NAT is disabled. You can configure UDP and TCP "no-activity" periods that will also apply to
NAT time-outs if stateful inspection is enabled on the interface. Stateful Inspection param-
eters are active on a WAN interface only if enabled on your Gateway. Stateful inspection
can be enabled on a WAN interface whether NAT is enabled or not.

Stateful Inspection Firewall installation procedure

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Access the router through the web interface from the private LAN.
1.
DHCP server is enabled on the LAN by default.
The Gateway's Stateful Inspection feature must be enabled in order to
2.
prevent TCP, UDP and ICMP packets destined for the router or the private
hosts.
This can be done by navigating to Expert Mode -> Security -> Stateful Inspection.
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NOTE:
Installing Stateful Inspection Firewall is mandatory to comply with Required
Services Security Policy - Residential Category module - Version 4.0 (specified
by ICSA Labs)
For more information please go to the following URL:
http://www.icsalabs.com/html/communities/firewalls/certification/
criteria/Residential.pdf
.